Pedro Fajardo

Pedro III Fajardo, 5th Marquis of Los Velez (1602-3 November 1647) was a Spanish general and aristocrat during the Franco-Spanish War.

Biography
Pedro Fajardo was born to an aristocratic Spanish family in 1602, and he served as Viceroy of Valencia from 1631 to 1635, Viceroy of Navarre from 1638 to 1640, Viceroy of Catalonia from 1640 to 1642, ambassador to Rome, and Viceroy of Sicily from 1644 to 1647. In 1641, he was defeated at Montjuic while attempting to crush the Catalan revolt, and he was forced to withdraw to Tarragona. He served as Viceroy of Sicily until his death in Palermo in 1647.